Hi all ,While out riding today noticed a old tandem frame on the back of a ute out front of vintage shop. Upon closer inspection noticed the 3 stars and ... Cinelli bar and stem with badge ... Made some enquiries and picked it up for a bargain I suspect. Have had. Quick look on net for such a thing And have t found much at all. Am yet to get the thing in my hands so don't have serial numbers and other details. It stay tuned.

Hopefully pick it up tomorrow so will try to get dome pics organised ... I should point out in order to avoid disappointment this frame looks like its been resprayed 26 times and possibly had a backyard frame repair . Not sure about it being track ... Doesn't have track drops at rear end ... Either way a fun project !

So ... As find Bruce hinted this tandem is in fact a complete mongrel ...even the cinelli bar and stem will take some work .... Maybe I can sell the cinelli badge and recover the costs .Might just hang the Malvern star mongrel II on the wall in the shed and have a good chuckle from time to time

I suspect front end genuine Malvern star 3 star with another bike welded on ... Even the chain rings looks like they have been welded on ... So as you can imagine a finely tuned piece of Australian cycling history !

Gee - it's not that bad. I'd be tempted to build it back up after inspecting the welds. Plenty of room for a stoker unlike a lot of home built tandems, which it might not be. any chance of some close ups of the attachment of the rear part of the frame and the boom tube arrangement?

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Looks OK, is the 'rear end' welded or brazed on? If it's brazed you are probably on a winner, welds, well probably not. Still the bars, stem and chainsets are all good stuff by the look of them and worth the purchase.CheersRichard

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